HR Gopala Krishna

Ashwin does a first in 102 years

R Ashwin's feat of 6 for 47 in the Delhi
test against West Indies in the ongoing test
gave him the distinction of bagging the best figures when a debutant spin
bowler shared the new ball. He became the fifth bowler to perform the feat.

What is more important here is that R Ashwin feat has come
after 102 years, the previous feat coming in Aug 1909 when DW Carr captured
five for 146 at The Oval.

R Ashwin became the first bowler to capture six wickets under
this category of statistics and has the best figures. The previous best was by
R Peel who had captured five for 51 for England
against Australia at Adelaide in Dec 1884.